Sports, Health Care, Social Welfare and Others Variables

The following provides information contained in the tabular datafiles. Refer to the provincial coverage list for 1990 or 1991 to get information on the coverage by province. Information is also available on the units of measure and missing data codes.

Files and formats

  1990v1.dbf,  1991v1.dbf   dBase IV datafiles
  1990v1.e00,  1991v1.e00   ARC/INFO export files

Variables

V_ID = variable ID, where X = 0 for 1990 variables and X = 1 for 1991 
       variables (eg. V1990003 is in 1990 file and V1991003 is in 1991 file).
CVER1990 = number of counties reported in 1990
CVER1991 = number of counties reported in 1991
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V_ID      CVER1990  CVER1991  Variable Description
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V199X001     748       846    Total Number of Health Organizations
V199X002     947       771    Total Number of Hospitals
V199X003     145       144    Total Number of Hospital at or Above County Level
V199X004     144       121    Total Number of Township Hospital
V199X005     199       217    Total Number of Clinics
V199X006     145        20    Total Number of Sanitation and Epidemiological Stations
V199X007     143        20    Total Number of Maternity and Child Care Centers
V199X008     118         2    Total Number of Medicines and Chemical Reagents Test Labs
V199X009       1         1    Total Number of Sanitariums
V199X010       5         6    Total Number of Specialized Stations
V199X011       1         1    Total Number of Medical Science Institutions
V199X012      11        11    Total Number of Other Health Care Institutions
V199X013     551       579    Hospital Beds in Health Care Institutions
V199X014    1304      1108    Total Number of Beds in Hospital
V199X015      20        20    Total Number of Beds in Hospitals at or Above the County
                              Level
V199X016      19        19    Total Number of Beds in Township Hospital
V199X017       1         1    Total Number of Beds in Sanitariums
V199X018      53        40    Total Number of Beds in Social Welfare Homes
V199X019       9         9    Total Number of Beds in Other Health Institutions
V199X020     190       204    Total Number of Health Sector Workers
V199X021     859       919    Total Number of Health Sector Scientists and Technicians
V199X022    1239      1051    Total Number of Doctors
V199X023      90        79    Total Number of Health Sector Scientists and Technicians in
                              Rural Area
V199X024      72        65    Total Number of Health Sector Scientists and Technicians in
                              Urban Area
V199X025     102       114    Total Number of Health Sector Scientists and Technicians of
                              Traditional Chinese Medicine
V199X026      20        20    Total Number of Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine
V199X027      19        19    Total Number of Senior and Junior Doctors of Traditional
                              Chinese Medicine and Other Such Doctors
V199X028     102       114    Total Number of Health Sector Scientists and Technicians of
                              Western Medicine
V199X029      20        20    Total Number of Doctors of Western Medicine
V199X030      19        19    Total Number of Senior Doctors of Western Medicine
V199X031      39        39    Total Number of Junior Doctors of Western Medicine
V199X032      39        39    Total Number of Senior and Junior Nurses
V199X033     161       123    Hospital beds per 10,000 Persons
V199X034      82        75    Number of Health Sector Scientists and Technicians per
                              10,000 Persons
V199X035     158       113    Number of Doctors per 10,000 Persons